Wind-shield.



F. R. BoYNIoN.

Vwmm SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED APH. 2, l9l7 Patented Dec. 25, 1917'.i

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F. R. BOYNTON.

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Patented Dec. 25, 1917.

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1917. Serial To all-:whom it may .concern-.-

Benit,l known that- I, Timm-axon B oYN- j froxn each other. .In openings2l and 22-in the respectiveears -ar'e bolts, 23 with heads TQNflaitizenof they United States, residing in thei.-borough., of.Brook1yn-, ciwA of New Yorke: in the' county of1i ngs and lState' of New'klhevesh-.Vnfgdcertainanew and'.l useful. ..1m movements f eWind-Sheldsi Off which' thefallovin IL S especctibnl.

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- m* '-jselia and extending into-tile latter which is,

tubular. These relatively slidable telescopopemble infn-manner .ai1.1.-nt2requir theimmovl-,oiMieg glass.- supportinglran'x'e;

f'omlthe supliqlmgaagi'iyswhih-ivjould A involieersslveiexnees-seentiredismntling Foi the.. ivoted-IKU porting etljl'ietilri'a Toi ese endiie'inventiomconsists ofa. 30 devine slaireedfetufes 0f i construction 4.an ."rel'i it ive arrangement of parte, one-forn 1' o flsaiddevice being illusthe accompanying drawinpls whic forma Vpartof thssPecicatOn, aiu] where' in'liikecharaeters of referenceindicate like parte throughoutthe views. Egures 1, 2, and 3 .show a sideelevation, a reer'elevatiom and e.L planof my device i resactivelyartially'diste'nded, 4o igsfian 5,4plan and side elevationsrespectivelylof the .parts in folded position,

6, 7, 8,- -and- 9, sectional. detalls on llines of Fi g. -2,' 7f 7 ofFig. 3 8- 78 of li c25 and of .Fig -1: respectively;l and igglo,` a.view.p f .a. soeket on line 1 0- 10 o -I *`.1g".,-3., .y In theconstruction illustrated, 10 and '11 .rspresentthe front yand rear seatsof an automobile or other 'vehicle 12. -Attaching platesor posts 14 arefixed by screws 15 or otherwise to the upper end port-ions of the frontsea-t. The upper end of each post, as shown in Fig. 9, has aup or plate16 provided with lateral ears 17. A cap or rethe4 plates are relativelyadjustable. fplates; and-18 have corresponding heinispherical cavitiesor seats `28 and -29 which..

V-r'rient of the retainin t aining plate 18 has'similar ears 20, and

both plates are normally slightly spaced l24, and with threads 25 fornuts 26 whereby The co'pera'tel to" f orm a socket, and each hasn away.edge to -form a horizontally dis# arenate slotBO, as indicated inj-Fig. 3. ach 'of thetwo described socket members,

indicated in a `general 'way by the reference numerals 3?., has 1n itsspherical seat a ball EDSTAI-`ES.,PATENT OFFICE; N

-33'4rot'atab1e in the'socket and* frictionally engaging itsfseat tosuoli an extent as may es1`red by*` virtue of the screwV adjustf orclamping .plate 18. is an arm 35 provided `.ref erably 'with an .outwardbend 36 adfprisestwo parts 38 and 39 the former being 'ing parts 'areclamped in anydesired rela.

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tive position by. virtue of longitudinal slots f 'i formed bytheslotsg'into engagementwith 40:1fnthe' end of the part 39, which slottedAthe part 38. Each arm'35 is connected at its cuter end 'by averticalpivot pin 46 with a.-

second Varm 47. The adjacent portions of 'the respective arms beingrfiat and in a horizontal plane, and provided with butts 48 and 49 toprevent an excessive lateral distention of the arms.

Integral with or lfixed to the outer. end of each arm 47 is a socketmember represented in-a general vva'y by the reference numeral 51,andshown indetail in Fig.` 7. T his comprises'a base plate or cup 52provided with a hemispherical seat or cavity 53. 'At opposite sides `ofV the cavity the plate has an opening 54 and 55, the latterbeingprovided with a threadV 56. A downward excavity 53. The latterplate has holes 63x and l64 in alinement with the holes 54 and 55 restsupon the top of the retainingplate, and

vin the cavities 53 .and '.63 and the screw terminatesin a thumb piece72.

. In each socket memberis a ball' 74 seated v of 'such diameter'as tospace the plate62 some distance fromtthe plate52. v The 'degree of`frictional engagementj'of vthe ball. inf lts'socket is con- -trolledgturningft'he'fscrew- 6 9. The iball 74 hjpriphrel Cf'ttes'? rical yoposite. eaclioth' plate 52. Aclamping frame 85. Below the boro 101 thelug 102 has an enlarged recess 110 communicating with a vertical slot111 in thc wall of the lug, in which recess is a transverse pivotvdisengages the pin 100, vand the frame 88 may again be manually movedto'any angle.

' In originally mounting the described parts lupon a' vehicle thetelescopingsections 38 A and 3 9 are adjusted to the necessary relativepositions and clamped in such positions by idth.-,; 5After the members33-are attached i' tovthe seat"'the balls 33" are suiiiciently clampedin'their'sockets by manipulating the nut s-26 on jtli'e bolts- 23, it`being desirable that the balls be rictionally f engaged( butl,stilltz'as-ily f-'movable "The bends 36 .in the .1 'a'rnis 3 5 inconjunction with the arcuate slots 1 "30 are found to assist maintainthe parts-in e `188'.l This is journaled in ears' ends'.. of the frame,5 'and 8,8'A respectively,

andin n ear 95 Q nieuwer-end Offthe frame 85..y The u Ier'end of therodhas `der 104 normally keeping .102 upon the arm 82. Eachpin hasashank- 103 of reduced diameter .forming an inter; mediate shoulder 104,and has a vertical slot 105 in its lower end, which end projectsslightly below the lug 102. A guide ring 106 .fast to or integral with.the lug is'l'ocated in the bottom ofthe bore. A transverse guide .pin107 in the ring'106 passes loosely through the slot. 105and preventsrotation of the point 99. A helical springv 108 surrounding the shanl-r103 rests upon the ring 106 and presses against the shoulthe point 99 inyielding engagement with the teeth 98 whereby the frame 88 may bemanually "Y ashorizoiital plane, although these bends areA'ln'tt'-inaperative.`V From the folded position hbwn in Fi 4 thesupporting arms 35 and 47jmay be dlste'nded until they are inalinelfnielit'Witheachfother, or to any relative relative extension ofthe arms obviously determines the distance of the shield forwardlyloosened to unclamp the balls 74 and permit the folded frames to dropvby gravity the nuts :43, vso lthat the length o f the arm,l l 35jm'ay.begaccommodatedto a'seatof. any

.100 angle, such as that shown in'Fig. 3. The

a vertical position, as shownvin Fig. 5, 1n

which position the balls are reclamped by the screw 69. The frames arethen manually pushed forward to a position adjacent the folder' arms 35and 47 and Ithe part-s are thus compactlypositioned as shown in Fig. 4.For the purpose of substituting new panes of glass 86 and 89 in theframes 85 and 88 respectively these lframes are' constructed in detailas follows. The frame 85 .is bent up from sheet metal having'upon itsinner face a peripheral shoulder 118, as shown in Fig. 8. At the base ofthe shoulder the material extends transversely of the frame as at 119,and is then bent rearwardly'forming a. peripheral flange in which arethreaded perforations 121 vregistering with similar perforationsf122 inthe adjacent wall of the frame against which tissage a'ifii';

removable peripheral member 124 has a body 125 provided with threadedperforar-tions 126 registering with the perforations already referredto, and in all these perforations are screws 127, The body 125 isbent toform as peripheral shoulder 128, opposite the shoulder 118. Thus therectangular -peripheral member 125 is removable by virtue of the screws127.`

The frames 86 are constructed ina similar manner, `being hollow, andcomprising the fixed shoulder 130, transverse seat 131, inturned flange132 with perforations 133 registering with wall perforations 134. 136 isthe removable member having perfora `tions 137 to receive the screws138, and having a shoulder l139 to correspond with shoulder- 130,between which shoulders is seated the pane 89. n

It will be observed that the hollow character of the frame and of theremovable rim insures a maximum of lightness to this construction, andthe material thereof facilitates the formation of the parts of the frameof ,thin metal whereby it is possible to form the flange and shouldersand effect this end in a cheap manner. The thinness of the materialimparts a certain resiliency to the frame and rim when constructed asdescribed and makes a very effective engagenient with the pane possible.It will be further noted that the described construction of frame and'retaining rim not only prevents excessive `weight at the extremity ofthesustaining out demounting any part of the pivoted frame formed fromsheet metal bent to formV a peripheral shoulder upon its inner vfacefatransverse extension at the base ofsaid shoulder and a rearwardlyextending periph.- eral flange, the body portion of said frame beingbent to form a flange engageable with the lirst-named flange, andaremovable peripheral lmember bearing against the lastnamed flange andbent to form a peripheral shoulder opposite the first-named shoulder,and means passed through said peripheral member and said flanges forremovably securing the parts in position.

In testimony whereof I have alliXed my signature.

FREDERICK R. BoYNToN.

